Car-replacer



I (No Model.)

M. HERSTROM & W. A. GRANDJEAN.

I GAR RBPLAGER.

No 558,818. Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

I n. V AIMMMWWM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN IIERSTROM AND IVILLIAM A. GRANDJEAN, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,818, dated January 28, 1896. Application filed June 4, 1895. Serial No. 551,635. (No model.)

T0 (to! whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARTIN HERSTROM and WILLIAM A. GRANDJEAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Denver, in the con. of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Car-Replacer, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in car-replacers, and our object is to provide a device of this class which shall be adapted for use on rails of different sizes without the necessity of change or alteration.

Our further object is to provide a car-replacer which shall be simple in construction; economical in cost, reliable, durable and efficient in use; and to these ends the invention consists of the features hereinafter described and claimed, all of which will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which is illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view of the car-replacer in position for use. Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the device in place on a smaller rail. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the manner of applying the device which is only partly in position. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a track-rail shown in connection with the complete device including the inclined auxiliary rail. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the outer extremity of the auxiliary rail which is formed into a dog.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the views.

Let the letter A designate the common T- rail supported by the cross-ties B.

Our improved car-replacer comprises the cap 0 and an inclined auxiliary railD. The auxiliary rail and cap are movably connected by a pivot I-I passing through said rail and entering the top of the cap. This cap is provided with two depending parts or members adapted to extend downward on each side of the T-rail while the top of the cap rests upon the top or head of said rail. One of the depending parts of the cap is provided with a boss, swell or enlargement E formed on its inner surface adjacent the web and between the top and base of the T-rail when the cap is in position for use. This boss prevents the cap from slipping off the rail. v

In using the device it is necessary that the cap shall always rest upon the top or head of the T-rail. Hence to adapt this cap for use with rails of different sizes or heights the depending members of the cap are provided with recesses F and G respectively formed on their lower inner faces to prevent them from engaging the base of the smaller rail when the cap is in its normal position. Furthermore, the recessing of the depending portions of the cap forms shoulders thereon which may be termed guards since they are adapted to engage or bear upon the base of the rail when the cap has a tendency to tip during use.

The auxiliary rail since it is pivoted to the cap may be adjusted to form any desired angle with the track-rails. The outer extremity of the auxiliary rail is provided with a dog which is adapted to bite its engaging surface and maintain itself securely in position thereon.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is In a car-replacer thecombination with the inclined auxiliary rail, of the cap to which the auxiliary rail is pivotally attached, said cap being provided with the vertical or depending members havingjheir lower inner faces recessed whereby they are adapted to fit rails of different sizes, one of the depending members of the cap being provided with a swell or enlargement formed on its inner surface, substantially as described.

MARTIN HERSTROM. \VILLIAM A. GRANDJEAN.

Witnesses:

T. N. PAEKNY, J r., A. ANDERSON. 

